Background Prior studies have evaluated the overall risk of stillbirth in pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis. However, the gestational age at which mortality is minimized, balancing the risk of stillbirth against…
Background Female urinary microbiota are associated with urgency urinary incontinence and response to medication. The urinary microbiota of women with stress urinary incontinence has not been described. Objective We sought…
Materials and Methods Participants The project sample included staff and providers from 6 obstetrician-gynecologist practices: 5 private clinics and 2 obstetrician-gynecologist clinics in one large safety-net system. Staff members worked at…
Background Studies on the influence of body mass index, smoking, and mode of delivery on the occurrence of urinary incontinence after hysterectomy are required to provide women with information about…
Introduction The onset of uterine labor is the culmination of a gradual uterine activation wherein physiological inflammation induces a common prolabor pathway characterized by increased myometrial contractility, weakening of fetal…
Introduction The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is an important indicator of health care quality in a given society. Despite a decrease in the worldwide MMR in the past 2 decades…
Background Whereas advances in minimally invasive surgery have made laparoscopic staging technically feasible in stage I epithelial ovarian cancer, the practice remains controversial because of an absence of randomized trials…
Background Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance or low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in abnormal cervical cytology among young women in cervical cancer screening is an increasing health burden, and comparative…
Introduction Even among recipients of potent antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection has been reported to be associated with early onset of menopause. Women represent about 25% of HIV-infected persons in the…
Background Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is an iatrogenic complication of controlled ovarian stimulation. Early ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome occurs during luteal phase of controlled ovarian stimulation within 9 days after human chorionic…
